KFCOG Namyangju Branch Fourth Term Launches..."Change Through Participation, Future Through Innovation"

[Suwon Ilbo=Um In-yong] The inauguration and retirement ceremony for the fourth term branch director of the Korea Federation of Civil Service Workers' Unions (KFCOG) Namyangju Branch was held on the 6th at Yeoyudang Hall in Namyangju City Hall.

The inauguration and retirement ceremony was held to announce the launch of the fourth term Namyangju Branch, consolidating the will of approximately 2,500 union members, and to share values of labor union responsibility and solidarity, participation and innovation.

The event was attended by Vice Mayor Kim Sang-soo of Namyangju City, as well as approximately 70 key guests including the vice chairman and members of the city council, heads of departments, agencies, and divisions, new branch director Ko Young-sun, incumbent branch director Kim Yong-yeon, the senior vice chairman of KFCOG, and union executives from other cities and counties.

The program proceeded in the following order: △Civic ceremony △Activity report △Certificate of appreciation presentation △Retirement address △Flag transfer △Inauguration oath and address △Congratulatory remarks. Outgoing branch director Kim Yong-yeon reflected on his activities over the past two years and shared his thoughts on efforts to balance between union members and municipal administration.

Newly inaugurated branch director Ko Young-sun stated, "I will make as core values a labor union that creates change through participation and opens the future through innovation," and added, "I will fulfill my role to ensure that union members' voices lead to tangible changes in the workplace."

Vice Mayor Kim Sang-soo said in his congratulatory remarks, "I will place the values of trust and mutual prosperity at the center of administration, and will do my best to improve working conditions and welfare benefits with an attitude of jointly addressing and solving workplace issues."